ee.Number.max

  • Selects and returns the larger value between two provided numbers.

  • Accepts two number arguments: left (implicitly passed as this) and right.

  • Returns the larger of the two input numbers as a new Number object.

  • Can be used in both JavaScript and Python environments within the Earth Engine platform.

 Selects the maximum of the first and second values.

UsageReturns
Number.max(right)Number
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: leftNumberThe left-hand value.
rightNumberThe right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print('Given 5 and 10, max is 10', ee.Number(5).max(ee.Number(10)));  // 10

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

print('Given 5 and 10, max is 10:',
      ee.Number(5).max(ee.Number(10)).getInfo())  # 10